Blue Ribbon schools honored

Author: Sylvia Saunders

Source:
NYSUT United

The U.S. Department of Education recently honored teachers and principals from 315 schools from across the country named as National Blue Ribbon Schools. The award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are closing the achievement gap and maintaining high academic goals. The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes:

n Schools ranked among each state's highest performing schools as measured by state assessments or, in the case of private schools, the score at the highest performance level on nationally normed tests; or

n Schools with at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds that improve student performance to high levels as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests.

Nineteen New York state schools were among the 266 public and 49 private schools recognized: